Theme Essential Question: How do we use mathematics to express solutions to problems in the real world?
Essential Questions: How has 8th grade mathematics influenced your outlook on finding solutions to problems in the real world?
Objectives
The student will use mathematics from the 8th grade curriculum to create or demonstrate a new level of mathematical awareness.
Reflections and/or Comments from your PCSSD 8th Grade Curriculum Team The final project can be as differentiated as: presenting an overview of a math website the student has encountered during the year, demonstrating a solution to a problem that they find relevant, or enriching a unit by presenting the learning from the student’s perspective. Allow students to be creative in order that we may be reflective practitioners, concerned with creating a curriculum that grows in a direction that provides for our children’s’ needs.
Assessment Product
Flexibility is provided to the students and teacher to bring closure to 8th grade mathematics curriculum.
Key Questions
What 8th grade mathematics was used to develop, prepare, and present the final project?
Observable Student Behaviors
The student will use 8th grade mathematics to develop a final project.
Mathematical Practices 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics. 5. Use appropriate tools strategically. 6. Attend to precision. 7. Look for and make use of structure. 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
Suggested Activities [see Legend to highlight MCO and HYS] Teacher/student discretion
Teaching the Common Core Math Standards with Hands-On Activities by Judith Muschla
Content: Student Closing Project
Dates: 5/13-5/17
Theme Essential Question:
How do we use mathematics to express solutions to problems in the real world?
Essential Questions:
How has 8th grade mathematics influenced your outlook on finding solutions to problems in the real world?
Objectives
Reflections and/or Comments from your PCSSD 8th Grade Curriculum Team
The final project can be as differentiated as: presenting an overview of a math website the student has encountered during the year, demonstrating a solution to a problem that they find relevant, or enriching a unit by presenting the learning from the student’s perspective. Allow students to be creative in order that we may be reflective practitioners, concerned with creating a curriculum that grows in a direction that provides for our children’s’ needs.
Assessment
Product
Key Questions
Observable Student Behaviors
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
4. Model with mathematics.
5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
6. Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make use of structure.
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
Suggested Activities [see Legend to highlight MCO and HYS]
Teacher/student discretion
Homework
Final Project
Terminology for Teachers
Ethnicity/Culture | Immigration/Migration | Intercultural Competence | Socialization | Racism/Discrimination
High Yield Strategies
Similarities/Differences | Summarizing/Notetaking | Reinforcing/Recognition | Homework/Practice |
Non-Linguistic representation | Cooperative Learning | Objectives/Feedback |
Generating-Testing Hypothesis | Cues, Questions, Organizers
Resources
Professional Texts
Literary Texts
Informational Texts
- See New York Common Core Aligned Task (other resources)
http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/CommonCoreLibrary/SeeStudentWork/default.htmArt, Music, and Media
Manipulatives
- **http://nlvm.usu.edu/**National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Graphing calculatorsGames
Videos
SMART Board Lessons, Promethean Lessons
Websites
Other Activities, etc.
Language
Arts
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Matrix
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Home K-2
Home 3-6
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